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This is what keeps Zimbabwe's orphans together - the big heart of a grandmother, the circle of the extended African family. Their parents dead from HIV/ AIDS, this is their new day time family. UNICEF

UNICEF has come to an agreement with the African Development Bank that could open the door to millions of dollars of support for children's health care, education, water and sanitation. UNICEF

The Ad Hoc Committee established by GA adopted a draft international convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism. UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan congratulated Member States on the successful completion of their work on this significant legal instrument. UNTV

File footage of Pope John Paul II's visit to the United Nations in 1979 and 1995. UNTV

The poorest state of one of the world's most densely populated countries. Ninety million people live here, half of them in conditions that define the extreme of poverty. Key development indicators – such as public health and literacy -- are among the lowest in the nation. UNICEF

Sick and injured children and their families waiting for treatment in Nias – the Indonesian island worst hit by last week's earthquake. UNICEF has already helped to airlift hundreds of casualties to safety but many more still need help. UNICEF

UN-Habitat has warned that growing poverty and urbanization may result in a tripling in the population of the world's slums to three billion people by the middle of the century. The head of Habitat, Anna Tibaijuka said the core problem facing the international community is its continuing failure to come to grips with the world's slums. UN-HABITAT

The theme of this year's edition of Global Development Finance—mobilizing finance and managing vulnerability—embraces three key challenges: Managing the vulnerability inherent in global economic and financial imbalances, confronting the risks posed by the new complexities in developing country debt, and mobilizing and diversifying sources of finance for low-income countries with more limited access to international capital markets. WORLD BANK

Secretary-General Kofi Annan met Tuesday (5 April) with United Nations staff, discussing the UN's immediate priorities and hearing workers' concerns. UNTV

Fighting a strong wind, Yustiti returns to a scene of tragedy. Of four schools that once stood here, only fragments remain. Yustiti was the principal of Primary School number 7, which had 350 students. Today 50 survive. UNICEF